89.2% of residents of West Chester speak English at home.
7.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 40% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (36% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 43% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 1,465 (7.5%)
(24.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 71.9%Number of people working at home: 586 (5.3% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 10,815 (74%)

Carpooled: 1,140 (8%)

Bus or trolley bus: 221 (2%)

Railroad: 36 (0%)

Taxi: 101 (1%)

Bicycle: 30 (0%)

Walked: 1,407 (10%)

Worked at home: 586 (4%)

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 1,161

Italian: 845

German: 686

American: 383

English: 308

Polish: 218

European: 179

Scotch-Irish: 142

African: 139

Eastern European: 106

Ethiopian: 91

Russian: 81

Greek: 69

Lithuanian: 63

Dutch: 56

Ukrainian: 55

Scottish: 49

French (except Basque): 42

Swiss: 41

Pennsylvania German: 38

Haitian: 38

French Canadian: 37

British: 26

Czechoslovakian: 24

Bahamian: 20

Danish: 19

Jamaican: 19

Hungarian: 17

Slavic: 16

Swedish: 13

Egyptian: 12

Zimbabwean: 11

Portuguese: 8

Slovak: 8

Ghanaian: 8

Lebanese: 7

Czech: 7

Slovene: 7

Austrian: 7

Norwegian: 6

Welsh: 6

West Indian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

36%Mexico

7%India

6%Peru

6%Ethiopia

6%Liberia

5%China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan

3%Colombia

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 12,916

Other state: 4,731

Northeast: 2,740

Midwest: 536

South: 1,172

West: 281

66% of West Chester residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Pennsylvania.